An Enthuziast iz a party who beleaves about 4 times az mutch az he kan prove, and who kan prove about 4 times az mutch az ennyboddy else beleaves.

[An Enthusiast is a party who believes about 4 times a smuch as he can prove, and who can prove about 4 times as much as anybody else believes.]

Josh Billings (1818–1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1879-07 “Questions And Replize” (1879 ed.)
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